The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK,

CATTLE.-The receipts were ,29S head.
There was a steady demand, Northern sell
ing at to 64c and fancy lots at &c per Id.
Among the sales we note the following: BY
William Scollans, one springer at $50 and
twenty mich cows and springers at range
of $50 to $50; Aldrich 4 Johnson, four mich
cows at S35 each; j. S. Henry, two fancy
cows at $50 and $50; A. p. Stone, three
mich cows at $50 each.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1887 head. The demand was steady at q to
ole for sheep and g to SC for lambs
SwISE.-The receipts were 14,77S head.
There was a steady tone to the market,
Northern dressed selling at 81 to &c and
Western live at d to &c per pound.
VEALs-Receipts, 656 head. The market
was firm, prices ranging from % to jic per
pound.
PoULTRY.-There were only five hundred
pounds of live poultry on the market, mixed
lots selling at 10 to lie and spring chickens
at Is to 20c per 10.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.--We quote Brighton
hides at 81 to &c and country lots at & to Gle
per 10; caf-skins, &c per Id; sheared pelts,
DC each; lamb skins, 30 to GOc each; dairy
skins, Il to 2jc each; Brighton talow, p to
Sc, and country lots at l! to &c per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EGGs.-There has been a steady demand,
with prices about the same as last week.
Vermont and New York sell at 15l to 16c and
choice Western at 16c per dozen
| CHEEsE.-The market is fairly active, but
during the week past there has been a still
| further decline. Extra Vermont sells at s
! to &c, good to choice at to Sc, common at 6
| to &c and extra sage at sc per pound.
! BUTTER.-The market is very much the
same as it was last week. The hot weather
is making itself noticeable in the condition
of some of the receipts. Prices are TAX
! ing a wider range, but choice lots are
in good demand at full quotations. EX-
| ira Northern creamery sells at Is
| to 19lc, extra Western creamery at 10
to zoe, choice do at l6 to lie, the finest
Franklin county dairy at Is to l9c, good
to choice do at Ii to lie, choice Northern
dairy at Ii to 1Sc and fair to good do at II
| to be per pound.
THE WOOL MARKET.
The market is somewhat stronger than
last week. The sales for the week
amounted to some over two million pounds.
Ohio XX sells at 80 to BIC, Ohio at 81 TO 33c,
| Michigan No. l at 81 TO 3Sc, Maine supers
at As to Acc and extra Western supers at
| 80 to 35c per pound.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THERE has been a continued good move
ment in Eastern lumber during the week
The demand is generally very fair and mar
ket prices are steady. Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planned do at S11 .0C
to $3.50; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $3.50 to $500, coarse at $500 and
refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
boards at $500 and seven-eighths do al
S11.OO; Eastern sawed cedar shingles al
$40 to S3.62l, clear do at $500 to S3.128, the
best shaved shingles at S5.25 other grades
at S3.25 to S4.75 and No. spruce at 81 20 tC
$50: extra four-foot spruce clapboards a
1927. 90 to S2S, do clear at S25 to $4,000 and
other grades at S12 to $1,000 pine and spruce
laths at $500 to S2.12l the best spruce un
dertoors at $1,000 to 5000 and other grades
at 5000 to $500.